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Challenge accepted -- Nailed it I believe 30 x 40 overall - all in 1/4 and 3/8 Baltic birch except frame. All cut with a #3 modified geometry. Learned some new things to add to my arsenal - always a good thing!! Sorry haven't been on here much -- spend most of my time with this work and grand littles

Two more inlays (only because they are easy) a generic Hare and hopefully a likeness of our dog Holly, I didn't get the pointy ears quite right unfortunately, but the grandchildren recognised her straight away, so it must be somewhere close Woods and pattern same as last time, Steve Good pattern, 1 1/4" mahogany for box 1/4 mahogany top and base, 1/4 Oak for inlay, I would like to use a whiter wood for the inlay, if you have any suggestions for it, that are easily available in the UK it would be greatly appreciated, I'm not very up on woods I use what I can scavenge or have given me as a rule for my scrolling, yes I am a very poor tight git lol PS. the pic of Holly is from 2014

Needed a box for the granddaughter's puzzle horse I made earlier and came across this Steve Good box pattern. The gears were a good exercise in making turns. Used a metal nut and bolt to hold the large gear - it provided more stability instead of a wooden dowel. Used blue loctite to keep the nut on at just the right tightness. Sidenote: After cutting this one out, I cleaned out the air filter I have on box fan by the saw and was AMAZED at how much sawdust came out when I rapped the filter from the back. I had cut out another pattern earlier, but still - am now a believer in using some kind of dust collection system while sawing, even if occasionally. Can't imagine how much sawdust you folks generate who do this for a living. You could have a wood pellet business on the side! Anyway, getting better at finding that "sweet spot" when it comes to hand and finger placement when moving the wood as I cut. Oh, and made a blade holder out of some old copper pipe and wood I have from the old house. Got a kick out of making something without having to make a trip to the box store.

Здравствуйте, люди добрые. В силу обстоятельств я давно здесь не появлялся. А увлечение пилением, в силу превратностей жизни, полностью отошло для меня на второй план. Но все рано или поздно заканчивается. И иногда это очень хорошо. А это кошки. Моя жена очень обожает эти животных, и я не мог не доставить ей удовольствие. Материал фанера 4мм, соответствует шкале оценки. Схема была случайно найдена мной в Интернете пару лет назад. Если кто-то укажет на автора, буду только рад. П. с. А также мой аватар изменился. Но об этом позже.

Hey Everyone ! In this Scroll Saw Project video I cut out an awesome U.S. Coast Guard Veteran piece designed by my friend Al Baggetta ! In my opinion the Coast Guard hardly ever gets the recognition it deserves. Hope you all like the video ! Stay Safe ! Semper Paratus ! And by now Im aware that the wood for the scroll work is poplar The pattern was designed by Al Baggetta and is avaliable as a FREE download over on his website at; http://baggetta.com/pebooks/RealWoodCraftWeb/FreePage4.html Remember, If I Can Make It Or Do It So Can You ! Please continue to Like, Share, and Subscribe to my Channel to see all future uploads ! God Bless ! #ArtisanPirate

Been a bit behind on posting finished work, here are several cuttings I have finished up lately. As always thank you to all the pattern designers who share their work with us. You folks make me look good. jim

Sold 3 hearts too a lady for her kids teachers. other one just a sign.

This is for my lovely wife today on Valentines Day. 1/4" Baltic birch with a 1/4" backer painted with acrylic red and green paint. Sprayed with shellac and then lacquer. The pattern is from the pattern gallery on this forum in the floral section done by shadylady0447

Something I whipped up on my own

Was looking for something different and I found this 11” x 14” pattern called Double Trouble by Jeff Zaffino on the Scroller Website. Looked challenging…boy, was that quite an understatement! This cutting took toooo many hours as the pattern has well over 400 holes and many of the cuts were not much bigger than the #64 drill bit I used for the Pegas #2/0 spiral blades I used. Because of the many tiny cuts it was difficult to work cutting on this pattern for more that 2 or 3 hours at one time. The cut panel is 1/4” thick Mahogany solid core plywood affixed to a 1/8” thick BB plywood backer painted Flat Black. I chose the Mahogany plywood because after studying the pattern I knew that I was going to add color and the Mahogany color would work well for the tree. The coloring was done with Artist Oil Paints using the dry brush technique in order to obtain the shading and highlighting. This requires the first application to be dry before applying another tint. Oil base Artist paints take a long time to dry and this extended the project time considerably. The border is painted also to create a matted effect. The finished panel was protected with two coats of clear spray Polyurethane after the coloring was complete and dry. The Frame is another simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar frame stained with Minwax Brazilian Rosewood Gel Stain and protected with two coats of clear spray Polyurethane. I used the Minwax pre-stain wood treatment before applying the Gel Stain. In my opinion this stain color is about the best looking slightly transparent color for the Poplar wood.

Update: Went over to Amazon and found 4 inch circles (I hate cutting circles) 24 pieces for 6.99 (29 cents each) Plus 4 inch square pieces 60 for $14.89 (.24 each). For those who make a lot of ornaments this might be something to look at. Now I have Prime so I get free shipping.

Looks like weeks of work went into the details, all well executed!

You nailed it! Another type of woodwork for me to explore.

Amazing !!

I agree with you about the USCG not being recognized as a US Military force. In fact we hardly ever got any recognition. I am a USCG veteran. I spent 4 years as a US Coast Guardsman. And am proud of my time served, No, we don't just patrol the coast. And we are not water cops. Read about the 6 major missions of the US Coast Guard. https://www.uscg.mil/About/Missions/ I'm going to make one of those for myself. Thanks for the video Semper Paratus- Always Ready PS: The figure saluting is a sailor, not a soldier. There are no soldiers in the Coast Guard.

Don't sell yourself short -- 2 years ago I had never heard of a scroll saw

Very impressive. You did an amazing job on this project. I love the composition of it, the font you choose for it and how you were able to make a project that is very rewarding to yourself as well as that who receives it, even if it is for yourself. Dick heppnerguy

By the way, those are some fantastic ornaments! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Welll the dragon house sign is pretty much finished now. Its not as challageing or complex as the stuff you guys make but I like it lol and it will I think look nice once we are able to hang it up outside.... Im not sure what kind or size the wood is. I think its an old piece of plywood used to make the flooring of a shead. Its thiner then 3/4 inch but thicker then the 1/4 inch wood. I have no idea what size blades I used either there all just jumbled up in a container and I just grabed one as I needed to but they were not the really small blades. I used several different dremil cutting tools to carve out the details. WARNING there are a LOT of pictures!!! This first picture is after I put the weather proffing on it. The next 2 show the white gold and sliver painted parts. I ws a little concerned at this point that the gold and sliver wouldnt show up very well.The next 2 are with the light green was put on. then with both shades of green. And then the numbers sign beinging gllued under the dragon. The last 2 are after the expocy resion was put on on one side spike took the last 2 pictures. I dont know why the one picture looks like the expoy resin bubbled up, I went in and checked it out and thank God its still nice with no bubbles!! It will take a couple of days to dry and then I will turn it over and with Gods help put expoxy resin on the other side with hopefuly no bubbles!!! Spike will eventually hang it up outside by the mail box on a hanging plant rod but that will have to wait until after the snow melts and the ground is a bit softer. tomarrow i can start transfering some patterns to wood for projects for the stock and give away boxes.. I relized after I could no long scroll or do my other crafts for so long that I didnt realy have anything Id made for me! So i spend some time here and there making some things for me now lol

This is how far I have cut on my Sisters home. It is the back side of the pattern I'm cutting un-finished of course. The little black dots are where I have not cut. 25 more cuts to do then penning in a lot. Have not cut the roof yet.

WHEN I do inlay, for the light wood, I use Hard maple (Preferred) soft maple or Basswood. ((linden?) Holly is the whitest I am told. Aspin would also work well. Poplar not so much. I inlay into Eastern red cedar, and oak does not contrast well with it , in my opinion.

Unfortunately, I think octoolguy Ray may be correct. A new circuit board would probably be about 1/3 the price of a new saw so, it's a difficult decision to make. Of course, you would definitely want to be absolutely certain the circuit board is the problem before swapping out parts! There are a lot of videos on YouTube about How To Test a Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) but, I did not see one specific to the DW788. This site DeWALT Scroll Saw | DW788 | eReplacementParts.com lists the board abt about $94 and these images came up in my search engine for other suppliers. dw788 scrollsaw circuit board - Bing I have used the eReplacementParts.com site with good results and other forum members have recommended it in the past also. Good luck and God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi I went to our local smaller Dollartree, nothing. I went to a larger one and nothing. They must not stock very well or else they aren't getting any more in. Bill

Thank you sir -- it was about a week of planning back and forth with the customer-- then 4 days in execution

Thank you for taking the time to comment Frank, I think the shipping cost to the UK from Ocooch Hardwoods would be a bit over my virtually non existent budget, I will look for a UK supplier though, thanks again

Not exactly the same but you may like it. Sorry for my writing i'm French Canadiens. https://scrollsawartist.com/scroll-saw-patterns/holidays/christmas/?sort=featured&page=62

amazing job

Young guy I worked with in retail (after I'd gotten out of the Navy) came up to me and another Navy vet one day and apologized. Said he'd enlisted and was heading to boot in a little while. We both immediately shook his hand, then asked why the apology. He said he'd enlisted in the Coast Guard and "knew" our feelings about the branch. We both looked him dead in the eye and told him in no uncertain terms that the CG was DEFINITELY a branch of the military and deserving of all the respect the other branches received. Then, when he relaxed, we mentioned "oh, but you're a DIFFERENT branch, so we're also definitely going to give you a load of crap before you leave."

Have you tried disconnecting the foot switch?

No extension cords at all. Plugged into foot pedal which is plugged directly into the outlet. Cant be moisture. Here in Florida it's humid all the time. I have a dehumidifier in the area of the scroll saw that runs 24/7

I cut this one before but you did a much better presentation than did I. Looks so perfect. Nothing more precious to me then when I make things for my bride. Dick heppnerguy

Just finished this today I got the pattern from here ages ago and forgot I had it great pattern the pattern is by theozz thanks for looking

I am so glad Travis does not allow political one sidedness on The Village. I am so sick of all this on the computers now days. This is a good comfortable place to hang, as a results. I do like your pattern and how you used the backerboard to do the red stripes on the flag and the wood to represent the white ones. Dick heppnerguy

Really nice! I may have to try making one if you don't mind.

Greetings, If you are plugged into a long extension cord or plugged into an extension cord that is too small for the amperage that can cause the fuse to blow prematurely. Are you certain there is no moisture in the electrical circuit of the scroll saw? That would also create a problem. Let us know what you find out. God Bless! Spirithorse

Here is a list of bearings I copied from a post several years ago. I re-greased mine (Delta40-690) after making the list and so far, so good. HK0609 Needle Bearing 6x10x9) 12 ea HK0810 Needle Bearing 8x12x10) 2 ea HK1412 Needle Bearing 14x20x12) 2 ea Also link to a good video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x42jZgEAUwM Larry

I agree with Kevin, I have been using my Hawk G4 26 since 2005, with very minor maintenance issues. I now also have a EX 16 (used) with Pegas clamps, took it all apart and re-lubed everything.

Kevin I think I will give that a try called Dewalt and they are sending a new saw and told me to just keep the old one. Do you know if there is a source to buy a rebuild kit per say for them?

Nice project and I would bet a lot of people are in agreement with you right now. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Opon entering SSV today this picture came up for a second and I only had a milasecond to see it. Well here itbisxagain in the post and could not be better. It gives the impression of a photograph. Sorry for all the pilot holes but I,m sure you made it better than it was supposed to be!!!

Excellent work Frank as always. I really appreciate your detailed comments on each of your posts on how you made the projects. Your comments are very helpful. Thank you

I believe it was my fault. I was trying to cut 2" thick Sapele hardwood. Sapele is quite a dense hardwood and i should have not taken such a big bite. I know better, but i thought i could cut the full 2 inches with no problem. I was wrong. I did cut 2 pieces but then it slowed down after that and just quit. That's when I jumped to a conclusion. I thought because it was about 25 years old it just died. The Jet contractor saw I have is only a 1 1/2 HP older model. It cuts 2" Walnut, Cherry etc OK. It just didn't like that Sapele very much. After i discovered the reset switch and restarted the motor I took smaller bites the 2nd time around, and it is just fine now. Thanks for asking. Ben

Congratulations on the sales and "Just a sign"... Yeah, right! That is awesome! Splendid cutting on both projects. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

I just bought 1/8 Bass wood havent cudt or tried to stain it yet I got them *"X12" for $12. If they don't take stain try useing a damp cloth with Mineral spirets I always use it on baltic berch and thy take stains a lot better that way, IKE

Looks like bass wood to me. I like scrolling it especially if I can get slabs with bark on the sides..

If you found it in the craft area it is either Bass or Balsa wood. If you found it in the kitchen area it is propbaply wood intended to be used for serving/cooking food like Susi. You can find nice Cedar planks about that same size, about 1/4"(-) thick for cooking fish on in specialty kitchen ware shops. As the package says, made in China so you will probably never know what it is.

Congrats on your find. Wondering if it is bass wood. Very light in color and weight, no real grain pattern so it's pretty plain looking wood. It is like one step above Balsa wood and tons of people use it for crafts . Regardless happy to hear of your delightful discovery. Hope you find more. One last thought, it's a great wood paint, does not stain well for crap.

This is my first time trying inlay, the box pattern is from Steve Good, the woods are 1 1/4" Mahogany an old hand rail from a shoe factory I had given me, and 1/4" Oak from off cuts, I started scrolling last Christmas, so I'm still learning, the hardest part for me is trying not to rush the cuts

Well done. Very nice for your first inlay.